Posts by possum

If they want the right to self righteously portray themselves as the only true clean christian organisation in the whole world and place them self in public with their little carts and land on every-bodies doorsteps (uninvited)

they don't have the right to deny the public information to keep their children safe when child groomers/pedophiles could be at their door soon!!

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Governing body member engaged... Again!

by OneDayillBeFree in

just found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.

it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.

what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!

possum

I have been to Samoa and attended an assembly where Jackson was the key speaker. The poverty is absolutely terrible. The brothers and sisters I met there where kind and hospitable (as I am sure Jackson's new wife is). But she is still married to a man who will protect pedophiles in front of a Royal Commission wearing a watch that would feed 10 families in Samoa for a year. Good healthy mature relationships don't need to be based around patriarchal power Feminist theory defines patriarchy as an unjust social system that enforces gender roles and is oppressive to both men and women.....................

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Governing body member engaged... Again!

by OneDayillBeFree in

just found out that the australian governong body member known as geoffrey jackson got engaged to a sister about two weeks ago.

it really shocked me at first but then i remembered how other members of the gb have remarried in the past like daniel sidlik.

what made me say "woah" was hearing that the holy bride to be is really young!

possum

frankiespeakin I'm thinking 1Kings 1:2 So his attendants said to him, "Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm."

Still a power imbalance hes got it! she hasn't! makes her a WT groupie

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knock knock

by Sabin in

if jw`s come knocking at your door, do you open it & engage in conversation, tell them to sod off, or just not answer the door?.

my husband`s has asked me not to answer the door to them if he isn't here?

he hate`s the fact that they make a point of calling when they know he will be at work.

possum

Mr Possum loves to "anti witness". But they never come back. I keep telling him hes no good at it because he accidentally keeps using witness buzz words that give him away. I have to walk away I just get too cranky........at the blah blah blah.......

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How intelligent people get recruited and psychologically trapped in manipulative groups like Jehovah's Witnesses.

by Island Man in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iauhr-trkhy

possum

Will watch this again! Very well presented. Will share with my children post cult. Thanks

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Introducing...ME

by Heartsafire in

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friends

long time lurker here.

i'm a fifth gen born-in baptized jw.

to say i've been struggling with doubts is an understatement.

possum

Welcome heartsafire

Hang in there. My husband woke up along time before me. Keep reading (Steve Hassans book was great!) vent as needed on the forum ! Knowledge is power and remember some self care. The best revenge you can have is to live a happy and successful life.

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New member checking in

by Old Major in

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been reading for about 2 and a half years, thought i would take the plunge and sign up.. my circumstances... i live in uk, serving as ms. i am fully awake.

i can not leave due to family, so just treating the meetings as a bit of a social club.

i would like to give out more details, but i think you all know the drill.. complete disillusionment and i suppose natural curiosity woke me up.. don't know what else to say right now, just hello, and i hope to get to know some of you guys better.

possum

hello and welcome from Australia

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First thoughts on "new" meeting...

by konceptual99 in

had a quick look at the workbook and flicked through the sample meeting video.. the increased use of video shows the trend for more centralised dissemination of "best practice" .

sure there isn't really a "school" any more and the format is a bit different but i think those that called it as the same old crap just in new package got it pretty much right.

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possum

or children being disiplined in the carpark! Or brothers with bad backs/migraines/pushing babies in strollers....any excuse to be out of the mind numbing/soul destroying dribble..... strolling around outside passing the time. Why not!